鰐

See also: 鳄
鰐 U+9C10, 鰐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C10
← 鰏
[U+9C0F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鰑 →
[U+9C11]

Translingual

Han character

鰐 (radical 195, 魚+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓火口口尸 (NFRRS), composition ⿰魚咢)

References

  • KangXi: page 1475, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46337
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2006, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4701, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+9C10

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鰐 – see 鱷 (“crocodile; crocodile, alligator”).
(This character, 鰐, is a variant form of 鱷.)

Japanese

Kanji

鰐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鱷)

  1. alligator, crocodile
  2. a shark or other large dangerous fish

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

鰐 (wani): a crocodile.
Kanji in this term
鰐
わに
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Derivation uncertain. Appears in the Kojiki in ambiguous reference to a kind of sea creature (possibly sharks[1] or crocodiles). The sense of crocodile clearly appears in the Wamyō Ruijushō dictionary (938) with an explanation of “having four legs like a turtle and a three-foot mouth with sharp teeth.”

Various theories exist regarding the term's origin, such as an alteration of 鬼 (oni, “demon, devil”), or an abbreviation of 海主 (watanushi, “sea master, sea god”).

Pronunciation

Noun

鰐 (hiragana わに, rōmaji wani)

  1. crocodilian (crocodile, alligator, gavial)
    • 1999 October 17, “クロコダイラス [Crocodilus]”, in Booster 5 (in Japanese), Konami:
      知 (ち)恵 (え)を持 (も)ちさらに狂 (きょう)暴 (ぼう)化 (か)したワニ。かたいうろこで攻 (こう)撃 (げき)をはじく。
      Chie o mochi sara ni kyōbōka shita wani. Katai uroko de kōgeki o hajiku.
      A frenzied crocodilian who’s actually quite intelligent. He repels attacks with his hard scales.
  2. (obsolete) a shark or other large and dangerous fish

Derived terms

Idioms

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōjū; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (898–901) Shinsen Jikyō (Zōteiban) (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 15 December 1967, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja

鰐 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak, Yale ak)

  1. (악어) crocodile, alligator

Synonyms

Compounds

See also

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